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April 19, 1924,

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WASHINGTON, April 18. -- Attorney General Stone today sent instructions to Federal District Attorneys to "urge the courts to give more severe sentences to violators of the liquor laws" and "in all instances where a commercial violation of the prohibition law is involved, do your best to have a jail sentence imposed."

April 19, 1924

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